River Walk Public Art Garden Tour

Artist Name: Leticia Huerta

“Bloom” by San Antonio artist Leticia Huerta is a permanent public artwork located at Eisenhower Park. The ones featured on the River Walk are designed to resemble native wildflowers Yellow Columbine and Lantana. These radiant, oversized metal flower... sculptures are part of a collection created from elements that, up close, resemble larger-than-life bicycle parts. Each installation takes inspiration from its location and the native wildflowers nearby. “Bloom" also serves as trailhead connectors, wayfinding markers and some even have silver rings on the flower stems to indicate various water levels when San Antonio receives rain.

Artist Name: Leticia Huerta

Inspired by trail users and nearby native flora, Huerta created the original “Bloom” installation at McAllister Park in Council District 10. The expanded “Bloom” series sees indigenous wildflowers turned into sculptures with components that resemble... larger-than-life bicycle parts. The Cedar Sage, Greenthread, and Antelope Horn Milkweed can be seen here, while other “Bloom” flowers are “planted” along the Howard Peak Green Way Trail System across San Antonio.

Artist Name: Ashley Mireles & Cade Bradshaw

“Green Spaces at Market Street” is a painted steel railing that sits on top of a retaining wall overlooking the River Walk and creatively uses cut outs in steel to show flora found on the River Walk and fauna native to San Antonio.

Artist Name: Ashley Mireles

“Innature” by San Antonio artist Ashley Mireles in collaboration with landscape architect STIMSON Studio provides visitors a space to view wildlife in a natural environment as a means for connectivity. An oversized mirrored representation of blossoms from... native plants found within Hardberger Park lines the wildlife blind on all sides with viewpoints at various heights looking out into the meadow surrounding the blind. The Corten steel structure provides a perennial likeness of the Prickly Pear, Bushy Bluestem, and Texas Mountain Laurel with innate integrity while supporting the inherent relationship between nature and its viewer

Artist Name: Sebastian

”Lipchitziana” by Mexican artist Sebastian.

Artist Name: Carlos Cortés and Doroteo Garza

The design is pan-Indian—relating to the multiple indigenous tribes that lay claim to this land. The artwork is made from reinforced concrete to look like stone and wood, a technique called “trabajo rustico” or “faux bois,” giving it a... natural and organic form, along with contributing to its aged appearance as if they were placed together from the far-off past.

The title of the artwork is in the Coahuiltecan language Pajalate meaning “Our Home”. The name pays tribute to the ancestors of this land and future generations.

Artist Name: Carlos Cortés and Doroteo

“Najo Jām” (Our Home) by collaborating San Antonio artists Carlos Cortés and Doroteo Garza. The design is pan-Indian—relating to the multiple indigenous tribes that lay claim to this land. The artwork is made from reinforced concrete to look... like stone and wood, a technique called “trabajo rustico” or “faux bois,” giving it a natural and organic form, along with contributing to its aged appearance as if they were placed together from the far-off past.

The title of the artwork is in the Coahuiltecan language Pajalate meaning “Our Home”. The name pays tribute to the ancestors of this land and future generations.

Artist Name: Sebastian

“Knot: The Art of Sebastian/El Arte de Sebastian,” features 53 pieces by renowned Mexican sculptor Sebastian

Artist Name: Sebastian

”Pochycereys” by Mexican artist Sebastian.

Artist Name: Kaldric Dow

Spheres of Reflection by local artist Kaldric Dow is a sculpture paying homage to the representation of African American culture. The spheres feature some key words commonly used by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his speeches and writings.

Artist Name: Kaldric Dow

Spheres of Reflection by local artist Kaldric Dow is a sculpture paying homage to the representation of African American culture. Spheres of Reflection depicts an ambiguous face—making the character universal and interpretive at the same time. The face is topped... by a cylindrical tower of dark, reflective spheres symbolic of hair. The representation of natural hair seen in this piece is significant because of the connection between hair and cultural identity.

The bottom layers of spheres feature several key words commonly used by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his speeches and writings. The words are dream, sincerity, bold, desire, brave, unity, gratitude, accountability, devotion, and change.

Artist Name: Pedro Reyes

Originally inspired by San Antonio’s Tricentennial celebrations, this monumental-scale sculpture features a woman that holds and gazes upon a star-like object held between her fingers.

Artist Name: Sebastian Antorcha de Amistad

(Torch of Friendship) symbolizes two cultures, two languages, and two roads merging into one, specifically those of the United States and Mexico. The artwork is composed of two columns that come together at the top in a gently twisting and curving... arch that suggests the flow of water or a ribbon rippling in the wind. The sculpture gracefully extends into the sky, reminiscent of an abstracted arabesque. This looping convergence mirrors the sense of friendship Sebastian draws inspiration from.

The vibrant red monumental sculpture was a gift to the city from the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos, a group of Mexican entrepreneurs and investors with ties to San Antonio. In 2002, it was installed in the traffic circle where Commerce, Alamo and Losoya streets converge.